To the memory of my beloved, the author, Mr.. WILLIAM SHAKESPEAR, and what he hath left us. O draw no envy, Shakespear, on thy name, T Am I thus ample to thy book, and fame; While I confefs thy writings to be fuch, Which, when it founds at beft, but echoes right; Pacuvius, Accius, him of Cordova dead, of Of all that infolent Greece or haughty Rome As they were not of Nature's family. Of Shakespear's mind and manners brightly fhines In each of which he feems to shake a lance, And make thofe flights upon the banks of Thames, BEN. JOHNSON. A A general criticifm on SHAKESPEAR'S dramatic works, by dividing them into four claffes, and fo giving an estimate of each play reduced to its proper clafs. By Mr Warburton. The comedies and tragedies in the laft clafs are certainly not of Shakespear. The most that can be faid of them is, that he has, here and there, corrected the dialogue, and now and then added a fcene. It may be juft worth while to obferve, in this place, that the whole first act of Fletcher's Two noble kinfmen was wrote by Shakespear, but in his worft manner. The The BEAUTIES of SHAKESPEAR, regularly felected from each Play. A By WILLIAM DODD, B. A. VOLUME I. N ufurping fubftitute compared to ivy, p. 6. l. 7. 8. 9. Ariel's defcription of his managing the ftorm, p. 9. l. 12. to 22. 26. to 32. Ariel's expreffion a little above is very fine and picturesque, 1. 6. 7. As is the following of Profpero, p. 11. l. 7. to 11. Caliban's curfes, p. 13. l. 10. to 13. 20. to 36. Caliban's exultation after Profpero tells him, he fought to violate the bonour of his child, has something in it very strikingly in character, p. 14. 1. 2. 3. 4. A lover's fpeech, p. 18. l. 13. to 20. A defcription of Ferdinand's fwimming afhore, p. 21. l. 34. 10 42. Sleep, a comforter to forrow, p. 24. l. 1. 2. 3. A fine apofiopefis, p. 24. l. 15. to 21. Caliban's curfes, p. 28. l. 12. to 30. A fatyr on the English curiofity, p. 29. l. 1. to 7. Caliban's promifes, p. 32. l. 11. to 16. 19. to 25. There perhaps cannot be conceived any thing more beautiful and na~ tural than scene 1. of act 3. Ferdinand's fpeech bearing a log, is expreffive of true and unbiaffed affection, p. 33. l. 4 to 19. Miranda's offering to carry the logs for him, is peculiarly elegant, p. 33. l. 31. 32. 33. And afterwards, how innocent, p. 35. 1. 23. to 26, Guilty confcience, p. 43. l. 13. 14. 15. Continence before marriage, p. 44. 1. 10. to 17. Paffion too strong for vows, p. 45. l. 10. to 13. Vanity of human nature, p. 48. l. 14. 10 24. Drunkards inchanted by Ariel, p. 49. 1. 1. to 13. Tears, p. 52. l. 12. 13. Compaffion and clemency fuperior to revenge, p. 52. l. 20. to 35. Fairies and magic, p. 52. l. 34. to 41. p. 53. l. 1. to 11. Senfes returning, p. 53. l. 31. 10 35. p. 54. l. 6. to 9. A Midfummer-night's Dream. A Father's authority, p. 63. 1. 40. 41. p. 64. l. 1. 2. 3. Nun, p. 64. 20. 31. True love ever croffed, p. 66. 1. 4. 5. 6. 7. 19. 12. 14. to 22. VOL. I. Моод, Moon, p. 68. 1. 2. 3. 4. Love defcribed, p. 68. l. 26. to 35. Puck, or Robin Good Fellow, p. 72. l. 39. 40. 41. p. 73. 7. sq to 12. * Fairy jealoufy, and the effects of it. p. 74. l. 1. to 34. Love in idleness, p. 75. l. 28. to 34. 36. to 39. p. 76. l. 1. to 10. Fairy courtefies, p. 87. l. 30. to 40. Female friendship, p. 93. l. 30. to 41. p. 94. l. 1. tẹ 10. Dew in flowers, p. 102. l. 26. to 49. Hunting, p. 104. l. 9. to 18. Hounds, p. 104. l. 19. to 25. The power of imagination, p. 108. l. 24. 10 34. Simplenefs and duty, p. 110. l. 27. 28. 31. 32. Modeft duty always acceptable, p. 110. l. 39. to 42. p. 111. l. 1. L The Two Gentlemen of Verona. OVE commended and difpraised, p. 121. l. 25. to 32. p. 122. l. 1. Love froward and diffembling, p. 126. l. 4. to 8. The advantage of travel, p. 128. l. 37. 38. 39. p. 129. l. 1. A comical defcription of a man in love, p. 131. l. 17. to 30. Love compared to a waxen image, p. 142. l. 38. 39. 40. A beautiful perfon petitioning in vain, p. 153. l. 30. to 39. 7.15.10 23. Love compared to a figure on ice, p. 157. l. 30. 31. 32. Inconftancy in man, p. 178. l. 9. to 12. * We cannot (fays Mr. Dodd) help admiring Shakespear's excellence in thofe fictitious characters. No man ever equalled him in defcriptions of ghofts and fairies; no man ever like him. |